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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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