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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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