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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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