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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to take 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 MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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