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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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