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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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