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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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