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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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