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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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