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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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