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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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