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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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