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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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