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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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