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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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