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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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