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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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