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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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