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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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