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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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