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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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