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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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