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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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