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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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