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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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