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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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