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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently 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 distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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