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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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