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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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