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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)