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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open education initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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