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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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