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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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