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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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