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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Anguilla to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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