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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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