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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also researches 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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