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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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