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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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