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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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