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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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