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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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