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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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