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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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