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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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