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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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