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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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