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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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