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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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