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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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