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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational ventures. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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