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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students 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 quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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