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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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