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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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