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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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