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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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