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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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