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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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