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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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