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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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