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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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