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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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