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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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