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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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