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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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