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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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