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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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