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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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