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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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