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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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