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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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