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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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