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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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