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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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