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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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