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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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