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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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