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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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