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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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