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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, South to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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