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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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