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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning enable learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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