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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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