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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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