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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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