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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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