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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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