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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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