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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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