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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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