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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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