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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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