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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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