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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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