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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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