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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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