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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Anguilla to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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