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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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