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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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