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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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