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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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