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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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