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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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