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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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