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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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