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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take 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 MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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