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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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