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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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