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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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