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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. 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. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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