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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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