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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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