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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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