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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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