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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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