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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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