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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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