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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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