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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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