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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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