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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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