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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major 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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