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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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