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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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