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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the major 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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