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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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