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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are empowering learners all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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