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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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