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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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