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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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