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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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