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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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