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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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