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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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