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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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