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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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