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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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