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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education enable humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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