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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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