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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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