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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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