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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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