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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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