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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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