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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum 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 educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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