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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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