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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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