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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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