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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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