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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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