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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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