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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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