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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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