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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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