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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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