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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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