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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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