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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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