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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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