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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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