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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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