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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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