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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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