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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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