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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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