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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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