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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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