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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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