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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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