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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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