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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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