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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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