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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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