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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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