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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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