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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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