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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. 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 normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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