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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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