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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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