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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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