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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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