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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. 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. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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