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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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