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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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