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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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