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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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