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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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