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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education have empowered learners all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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