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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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