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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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