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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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