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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education are making it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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