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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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