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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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