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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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