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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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