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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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