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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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