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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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