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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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