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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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