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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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