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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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