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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the 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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