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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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