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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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