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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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