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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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