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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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