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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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