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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. 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 normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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