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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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