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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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