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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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