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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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