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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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