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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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