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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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