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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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