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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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