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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the dramatic 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 articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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