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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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