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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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