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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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