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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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