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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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