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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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