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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bulgaria to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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