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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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