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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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