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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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