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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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