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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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