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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important 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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