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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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