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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education experiments. People want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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