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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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