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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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