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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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