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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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