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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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