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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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