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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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