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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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