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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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