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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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