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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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