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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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