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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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