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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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