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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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