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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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