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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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