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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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