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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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