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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers 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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