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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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