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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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