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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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