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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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