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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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