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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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