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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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