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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses 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. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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