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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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