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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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