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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers 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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