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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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