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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. 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. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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