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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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