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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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