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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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