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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education are providing the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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