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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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