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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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