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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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