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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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