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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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