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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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