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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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