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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are 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 several subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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