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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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