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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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