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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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