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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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