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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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