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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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