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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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