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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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