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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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