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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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