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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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