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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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