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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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