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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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