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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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