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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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