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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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