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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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