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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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