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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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