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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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