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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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