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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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