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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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