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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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