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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key 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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