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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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