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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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