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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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