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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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