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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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