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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants want to understand these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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