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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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