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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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