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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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