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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major 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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