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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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