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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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