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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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