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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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