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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education enable students in nations all around the world to take classes online. 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 MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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