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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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