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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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