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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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