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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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