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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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