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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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