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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education enable learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to understand these important new open education initiatives. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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