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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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