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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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