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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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