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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the 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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