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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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