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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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