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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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