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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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