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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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