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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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