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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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