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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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