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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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