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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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