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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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