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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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