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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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