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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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