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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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