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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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