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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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