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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in digital education technology enable humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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