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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp these new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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