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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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