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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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