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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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