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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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