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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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