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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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