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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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