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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. Recent evolvements in digital education technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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