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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major 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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