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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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