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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Students want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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