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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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