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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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