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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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