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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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