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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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