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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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