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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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