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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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