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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the major 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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