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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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