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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the 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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