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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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