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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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