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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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