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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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