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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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