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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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