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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the key 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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