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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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