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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently 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 elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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