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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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