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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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