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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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