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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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