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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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