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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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