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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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