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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. 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 massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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