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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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