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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take classes 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. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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