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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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