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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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