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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the 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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