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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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