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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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