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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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