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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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