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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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