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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores 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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