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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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