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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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