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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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