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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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