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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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