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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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