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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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