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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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