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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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