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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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