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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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