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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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