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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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