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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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