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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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