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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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