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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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