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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. 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 massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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