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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education initiatives. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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