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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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