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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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