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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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