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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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