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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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