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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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