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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the intriguing 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 addresses the key 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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