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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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