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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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