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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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 massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand these important new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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