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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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