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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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