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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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