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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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