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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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