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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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