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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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