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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in 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. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the 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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