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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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