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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly 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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