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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education have enabled students all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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