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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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