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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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