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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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