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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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