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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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