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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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