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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the 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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