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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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