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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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