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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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