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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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