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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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