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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that blended 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 be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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