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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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