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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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