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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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