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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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