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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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