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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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