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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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