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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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