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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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