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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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