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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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