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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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