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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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