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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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