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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. 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. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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