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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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