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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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