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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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