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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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