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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education enable humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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