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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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