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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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