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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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