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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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