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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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