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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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