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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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