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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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