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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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