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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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