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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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