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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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