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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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