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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning are enabling students 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 students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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