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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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