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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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