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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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