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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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