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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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