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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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