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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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