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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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