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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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