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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important 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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