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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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