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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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