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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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