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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning make it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better grasp these open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers 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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