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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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