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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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