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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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