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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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