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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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