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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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