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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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