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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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