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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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